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Hornet Ninth Subdues KF Crew 14-0 Hedrick Junior High school's ninth grade, in its finest per formance of the year, scored the tpset of the season for its class of football in this area Friday afternoon by spilling the Klam ath Falls freshmen 14 to 0 on the rainsoaked Hedrick field. The Hornets of Medford click ed well on the attack and were .o tough on defense that Klam- oih netted ony 13 yards from scrimmage in the second half and had a total of only 51 yards for the game. Fumbles hurt the Pel frosh In the first half. The KF club lost the ball three times that way. The third loss proved charm for the Hornets. Dou Klieve fell on the ball on the 20. Don Cranston packed to the 17. Then on a reverse Cal Sum mers broke away to the goal He also converted by running for a second quarter score of 7 to 0. 90 Yard Surg The Hornet eleven marched DO yards after the second half kick-off for its other touchdown. This promenade used up almost all the third - quarter. Fifteen players were required and Jerry Anderson sneaked the last foot Cranston ran over for the single pointer. Hedrick almost made it to the goal after John Frohmayer had recovered a Klamath muff of the Pel club's first scrimmage play. The Medfordites took over on the KF 47 and 12 plays had moved to the one-foot mark where the ball was lost on downs. Except in the first quarter the Hornets managed to hold down the running of KF scatback Jose Ferrera, who might have been more dangerous had the field been dry. The Hornet line gave Pel quartrback Blake Griggs, a bid time, frequently being on him before he could get the ball away. Hedrick. netted 231 yards rushing and passing and had 12 first downs to four for Klam ath. BACK TO BOYS San Francisco (U.R) Coach Frankie Albert has given "the ball game back to the boys" with the announcement that the quar terbacks not the coaches would call most of the plays in this Sunday's San Francisco Forty Niner-Chicago Bears foot ball game. MICHIGAN ST. UPSET Champaign, 111 (U.R) Un derdog Illinois battled back from a 13-0 balftime deficit Saturday to upset Michigan State's top ranked Spartans 20-13 before a homecoming crowd of 71,119. Penney I v, T : A GENTR W3m.ORED 5" ffy brushed tweeds ... Venetian coverts ' t -i iVv saxonies C ' l-V " ' A- ' . - - 1 J- 7 -i I 7F3 Us Crater High Comets Whip Phoenix Pirate Crew 57-0 Central Point Crater High school's Comets swamped Phoe nix 57 to 0 here Friday evening in a non-league gridiron ruckus. Holding the upper hand all the way, the Comets were in front 12 to 0 at the quarter, 25 to 0 at halftime and 43 to 0 after three chukkers of conten tion. George Juveland crossed the Pirate goal four times, Jerome McQuade and Ron Harrison, Bob Fowler and Don Goyette once apiece in the nine-touchdown barrage. McQuade by placement and Dave Parker and Lee Gos sett on runs collected extra points. Parker is a tackle and did his first scoring for Crater. One Juveland TD was on a 10-yard run ending a 53-yard SIPdDIffiTS Johnny Podres Out May. Plague Pitching Effectiveness By DAVID M. MOFFITT Norfolk, Va. (U.R) Lefty Johnny Podres was out of the Navy Saturday, medically dis charged because of the same back injury he had when he was inducted, and which had plagued him throughout his pitching ca reer wit the Brooklyn Dodgers In fact, E. J. (Buzzy) Bavasi, general manager of the Dodgers, said in Brooklyn he was con cerned over whether Podres could regain his pitching effect iveness. Plenty of Trouble "All I can hope now is that his back is not in any worse shape than it was when he left us to go into the service," Ba vasi said. Because he always had plenty of trouble with it.' Podres, who pitched the Dodg ers to their one and only world championship against the Yan kees in 1955 with 8-3 and 2-0 victories, received his medical discharge after a three-man med ical survey board at the Ports mouth Naval hospital ruled to release him Friday afternoon. Not Heard From Podres disappeared quickly after being released and was out of contact with friends at this vast naval base. Dodger of ficials said they had not heard from him and his parents at Witherbee, N. Y., said they had not even heard that he had been discharged. A spokesman at the hospital described Podres' chronic condi tion as a "spondylolisthesis sympton" which was not likely to affect his pitching Podres, who had been a 4-F SHOP WED. Until 9 P.M. Tops for your topcoat dollar! Those soft brushed effects are really the hit of the sea son . . . and so is Pen ney' s quality-conscious bal-raglan styling. Plenty of other value loaded wool fabrics and Gentry models to choose, too, in Penney's all-new Fall collection. Our Layaway push. He went 35 yards for his next and ran the second half opening kick-off 76 yards for his third.- He took a pass from Wayne Allen to score on a 30 yard play. Harrison scored in the first quarter. Dick Davis had blocked a punt and Carl Koellner had taken the ball to the 10-yard line. Harrison went the final yards. Fowler went five yards for a TD, ending a 40-yard push. McQuade took a pass from Allen to tally on a 35-yard play and he went the last five of a 40 yard shove. Goyette scored on a 40-yard punt return. Crater ran up 413 yards from scrimmage while holding Phoe nix to 33. The jComets had 17 first downs and Phoenix three. of Navy, Injury military reject until after his brilliant showing in the World Series was re-classified 1-A dur ing the off-season. Brodie Leads Indian Win Stanford, Calif. (U.R) John Brodie, who rallied his Stanford forces after Southern California had taken a two touchdown lead Saturday and led them to a 27-19 victory over the erstwhile unde feated Trojans before a crowd of 70,000. The angry men of Coach Jess Hill, out to blast the Indians who remained pure and aloof while Southern California was racked up this summer for conference code infractions, intercepted two of Brodie's passes during the first half to set up touch down marches of 37 and 42 yards. But Brodie, with his club trail ing 13-0, pulled it together and shot the Indians ahead for the day with a pair of 30 and 23 yard touchdown passes which sandwiched a scoring smash by himself from a yard out. Action of APBA Shocks Official Detroit (U.R! The secretary of the Detroit International Re gatta Association said Saturday he was "shocked" by the action of the American Power Boat As sociation in rejecting the dis qualification of Seattle's Miss Thriftway in the Gold Cup race. ieonara ti. inompson, secre tary of the Detroit group, said 't'o me, it means that hereafter any race may be decided by ex pediency ... No official will feel safe in accepting an asign ment without the fear that his reported observations will be ri diculed and jeered." The APBA's Inboard Racing Commission voted this week to reject the disqualification of Miss Thriftway as the winner of the Labor Day weekend Gold Cup race on the Detroit River. BOBCATS WIN Bozeman, Mont. U.R) The Montana State Bobcats combin ed superior power and depth Saturday to down Western State College 28-7 and win the Rocky Mountain conference football championship before 2,00,0 fans on a chilly field here. It was the seventh straight win for the Bobcats. LITTLE HONORED New York (U.R) The corps of cadets from the U.S. Military Academy, in a special ceremony before Columbia-Army football game, presented an inscribed plaque to Lou Little, who is re tiring this year after 27 seasons as Columbia's head coach. SOONERS TRIUMPH South Bend, Ind. (U.R) Oklahoma won its 35 th straight game Saturday trouncing Notre Dame 40-0 before a record of 60,138 who saw the nationally televised contest. Facts on Nitrogen k t i l g. McLaren company 1002 SOUTH CENTRAL AVE. MEDFORD PHONE 2-6181 - McLoughlin Tips Ashland Eleven 20-14 McLoughlin Junior high turn ed a pass interception into a third quarter touchdown Friday afternoon to come from behind and defeat the Ashland gridders in a ninth grade fracas. Scores was 20 to 14 in the game played on the McLoughlin gridiron. Robert Hamilton intercepted a Dickerson aerial in the third canto and ran the ball back to the 20-yard line. Curt. Saltmarsh carried to the 12 and Hamilton packed the ball over from there. Skip Bennett ran the extra point. Bennett cracked into the end zone for the Bulldogs in the first quarter and also carried on the conversion. In the same period Steve Gray broke loose around end and ran 65 yards to score for Ashland. Gray went around end to convert again. A 15-yard jaunt by Lynn Knight got the Bulldog's their second TD and Ashland got a second quarter counter on a Dickersoii to Tucker pass for 10 yards. A pass to Gray was good for the bonus to give the Ash landers a 14 to 13 halftime edge. McLoughlin had the margin in first downs in the hassle 13 to 3. Bears Edge Washington Seattle, Wash. U.R) Quar terback Joe Kapp intercepted a juggled ball and ran 54 yards for a fourth period touchdown to insure California of a 16-7 Pacific Coast conference victory over Washington Saturday be fore 31,000 homecoming fans. Kapp's interception came at a time when the Huskies were red hot and threatening to overcome a 9-7 California lead. Halfback Luther (Hit and Run) Carr had put Washington back into the ball game with a brilliant 74 yard touchdown run. Then Washington intercepted Kapp's pass and the Huskies, with Carr leading the way, were on the March again. But Carr, a hero one minute, was a goat the next. He bobbled the ball threading his way through the tough California line. Kapp took it on the fly and raced to the end zone. Scoreboard Drive Fund Now $250 Ashland Southern Oregon college lettermen at last report, had $250 raised toward the cost of a football scoreboard and clock for Fuller field. Lettermen said that Daugh erty Lumber company, Medford, had pledged the proceeds from four days sale of wood. Coca Cola Bottling company of Medford has given the Raider monogram men 1,800 large bot tles of Coke to sell at $1 each. Funds raised will cover the pur chase price and installation cost of the device. Panthers Victor Over UO; Shanley Scores Webfoot TD By JOHN CARROLL United Press Sports Writer Pittsburgh U.R) Quarter back Corny Salvaterra, pulling out all stops in the second half, guided Pittsburgh on an 80-yard scoring drive and then passed nine yards for a touchdown Sat urday to lead the favored Pan thers to a 14-7 victory over Ore gon. Salvaterra, a 190-pound senior from Wilkes-Barre, Pa., called on left halfback Corky Cost in the third period to carry five times for 50 of the 80 yards, then sent Jim Theodore over from the one for the game's first score. Salvaterra uncorked a looping pass to end Joe Walton in the end zone in the final quarter. Avert Shutout The Oregon Webfoots averted a shutout in the final two min utes when halfback Jim Shan ley, a junior from North Bend, Ore., returned a punt 68 yards against Panther reserves to the Pitt 14. 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Los Angeles, defending division champion, has lost three straight since win ning its opener and needs a vic tory to stay within hailing dis tance of the leaders. The Chicago Bears are on the west Coast with Detroit for two contests with the pro circuit's California clubs and are eight- point choices to down the Forty- Niners at San Francisco. The Bears are second in the Western race with a 3-1 record while the Forty-Niners have a 1-3 mark. In the other games, the Green Bay Packers are 2V4 point choic es over the Colts at Baltimore; the Cardinals are 7V4 point fav orites to boost their record to 5-0 by beating the Washington Redskins at Chicago; the Giants r-re 12-point favorites to defeat the Philadelphia Eagles at New ork; and the Cleveland Browns ere seven-point choices against the visiting Pittsburg Steelers. Frank Thomas Inks Pact Pittsburg (U.R) Frank Thom as, infielder-outfielder, has sign ed his 1957 contract with the Pittsburg Pirates, it was an nounced Saturday. Since the end of the past sea son Thomas has been regarded as a likely trade prospect. Dur ing the World Series it was rumored several teams were anxious to acquire him. The Pirates declined to say whether Thomas received a sal try increase, but it was the second successive year that he was the first player to agree to terms. His 1956 salary was believed to be around $18,000, second highest on the club. Pitcher Bob Friend was the highest paid. KTNER'S BIRTHDAY San Diego, Calif. (U.R) Ralph Kiner, former National League home run slugger and currently general manager of the San Diego Solons of the Pacific Coast League, celebrated his 34th birthday Saturday. PURDUE EDGED Layfette, Ind. (U.R) Iowa's surprising Hawkeyes, led by Bill Happel's two touchdonws, scor ed their fifth straight victory to day, defeating Purdue 21-20. YANKS RENEW New York (U.R) The New York Yankees have decided to renew their working agreement with the St. Petersburg club in the Class D Florida State league for the 1957 baseball season. and the touchdown, Oregon, under the guidance of former Pitt Coach Len Casano va, entered its first game against the Panthers a two-touchdown underdog. But the Webfoots played the heavier Pitt team to a standstill in the first half. Cost, injected into the start ing lineup primarily to offset Oregon's speed, registered runs of 6, 26, 11, 5, and 2 yards, most ly on pitchouts from Salvaterra. Fumbles Again Fumbles, which plagued Ore gon in its three previous defeats, again played a major part in its loss today. Pittsburgh guard Ed Michaels dropped on Tom Crab tree's fumble on the Oregon 41 early in the final period. Salvaterra caught Oregon's defense napping in the final period with his second pass of the game. He tossed 24 yards to Theodore on the 24, then hit Walton in the left'corner of the end zone. Oregon moved to the Pitt 14 in the second period, but again a fumble jinxed the drive Applications Sunday. October 28, 1958 Oregon State Bevos Wallop UCLA 21-7; Boosts Rose Bowl By KEN WHEELER United Press Sports Writer Corvallis, Ore. (U.R) Oregon State bottled up the once-mighty UCLA Bruins here Saturday and rolled to three touchdowns and a 21-7 Pacific Coast Conference Victory. It was the first conference loss for UCLA in 20 games. The win, the third in count ing play against one loss, mater ially boosted the Beaver Rose Bowl stock. Tom Berry, pile driving full back lor Coach Tommy Pro thro's Beavers, punched across all three of ihe Oregon State touchdowns after a pair of John Landy Will Run In Olympics Melborne, Australia (U.R) John Landy, holder of the world mile record of 3:58, gave Austra lia's Olympic track hopes a big boost Saturday by announcing he will be ready to run for his country when the games begin here Nov. 22. Landy had been hampered by sore Achilles tendons in his legs for the past two months. He did not run in Australia's recent Olympic trials and feared he would not be able to run in the Olympic 1,500 and 5,000 meter races. But Saturday a dramatic an nouncement during Australia's Olympic swimming trials touch ed off a storm of cheers by a crowd of 5,000. The announcer said: "Ladies and gentlemen, here is a most important announcement. John Landy has just told selector Jack Metcalf he is perfectly fit, his leg is okay, and he will rep resent Australia at the Olympic Games." INDIANA VICTOR Bloomington, Ind. (U.R) ndiana drove 37 yards in the fi nal three minutes for a touch down Saturday, to edge North western 19-13 in a Big Ten foet- ball game before about 23,000 fans. EPPS JOINS GIANTS New York (U.R) Fullback Bobby Epps, a reserve second lieutenant in the Army, has been discharged and joined the New York Giants Friday. He will not see action today in the game against the Philadelphia Eagles, but should be ready to fill in be hind Mel Triplett next Sunday. HALFBACK GAINED San Francisco (U.R) The San Francisco Forty Niners have picked up defensive halfback Bob Holladay. of the Los Angeles Rams on waivers to replace the injured Paul Goad. AND FOR mm briLe mm ONLY CRATER LAKE MOTORS Cjd "WHERE GOOD SERvlCE IS A MUST" jfp Phone 3-4547 Medford Main & Fir Sts. MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THIRTEEN speedy backs had set up the scores. The first score of the game went to UCLA as Barry Billing ton battered through the left side of the Beaver line from 11 yards out with 1:37 left in the first period. UCLA never threat ened after that. Rain Threatens A crowd of 17,000 homecom ing fans braved threatening weather in the opei stands of Parker stadium to witness the contest. Rain held off until early in the fourth quarter and then began falling on already soggy field. Prothro sent in a complete new team late in the third period and the fresh troops im mediately ground out the third Beaver touchdown. Both teams stuck to the ground throughout the game and seldom took to the air. How ever, a 22-yard aerial from Paul Lowe to Bob Degrant in the final seconds of the first period set up the first Oregon State touchdown. The win was the first for Ore gon State over the Bruins since 1948 and also marked the first time that the Beavers have been able to score on UCLA since 1950. UCLA could not muster a serious drive after its initial penetration in the first period. The Oregon State line, outcharg ing UCLA, broke through con tinually to throw Bruin backs for losses that bogged down any drive before it could get off the ground. Lowe and Earnel Durden, the fastest men on the field, con tinually swept around the Bruin defense while Berry worked on the middle. Durden streaked through the left side of the UCLA line late in the first period and raced from his own 25 to the Bruin 24 where the last man between him and the goal line finally stopped him as the quarter gun sounded. It took only three plays, one of them Lowe's pass to Degrant to get the equaliz ing touchdown. Buzz Randall recovered a UCLA fumble midway through the second quarter and 18 plays later Oregon State had its second touchdown after covering 58 yards. 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